The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: With a MemoirLittle, Brown, 1865 - 223 pages |
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Page xiv
... spirit and genius than ever informed the works of that ele- gant and correct tragedian . Mr. Mason , in a let- ter to Dr. Beattie , mentions among the Poetry left by Gray , " the opening scene of a tragedy called Agrippina , with the ...
... spirit and genius than ever informed the works of that ele- gant and correct tragedian . Mr. Mason , in a let- ter to Dr. Beattie , mentions among the Poetry left by Gray , " the opening scene of a tragedy called Agrippina , with the ...
Page xix
... intentioned , but very ill - regu- lated mind , the success of a contemporary had been permitted to excite . " The true spirit indeed of this criticism appears - with no less force in what almost immediately fol- LIFE OF GRAY . xix.
... intentioned , but very ill - regu- lated mind , the success of a contemporary had been permitted to excite . " The true spirit indeed of this criticism appears - with no less force in what almost immediately fol- LIFE OF GRAY . xix.
Page xxxii
... spirits , which prevented his application to poetry : and from this period we may trace the course of that hereditary disease in his constitu- tion , which embittered in a considerable degree the remainder of his days ; and the fatal ...
... spirits , which prevented his application to poetry : and from this period we may trace the course of that hereditary disease in his constitu- tion , which embittered in a considerable degree the remainder of his days ; and the fatal ...
Page xxxv
... spirit of the original . The same man's * Verses at the Opening of Garrick's Theatre are far from bad . Mr. Dyer has more of poetry in his imagination , than almost any of our number ; but rough and in- judicious . I should range Mr ...
... spirit of the original . The same man's * Verses at the Opening of Garrick's Theatre are far from bad . Mr. Dyer has more of poetry in his imagination , than almost any of our number ; but rough and in- judicious . I should range Mr ...
Page xl
... spirit could not readily recom- mend itself ; till after a more attentive perusal , they had got the better of their prejudices , and either acquired , or affected a truer taste . A few others stood aloof , merely because they had long ...
... spirit could not readily recom- mend itself ; till after a more attentive perusal , they had got the better of their prejudices , and either acquired , or affected a truer taste . A few others stood aloof , merely because they had long ...
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Agrippina Amor ancient Anicetus Antrobus appears atque Bard beautiful cæsura called Cambridge Cicero Comus Cowley death Dodsley Dryden Duke Dunciad edition Edward elegant Elegy English Essay Eton College expression fame fate genius Georg golden Gray Gray's hath heart Henry honour Horace horror Julius Cæsar king language Latin letter Lord Lucan Lucret Luke Lycidas Margaret of Anjou Mason says Mason's Memoirs Mathias Milt Milton mind morn Muse never night o'er Odin Ovid passage Petrarch Pindar pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope printed Prophetess published quæ rhyme Rogers satire sister smile soft song soul Spenser Spring stanza Statius sweepy sway Taliessin taste thee THOMAS GRAY Thomson thou thought thro translated vale verse Virg Wakefield Walpole Walpole's Warton weep West wings words write written wrote